Raiders fire college scouting director Kingdon

New Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie, hired in January, had said he would wait until after the NFL Draft before he started re-structuring the team’s scouting department. On Monday, two days after the draft, he fired longtime scout Jon Kingdon, according to league sources. NFL Network was the first with the report.

Kingdon was Oakland’s college scouting director and had been with the organization for 33 years.

Kingdon was one of the top people in the front office whose opinion owner and decision-maker Al Davis listened to. Davis passed away in October.

Jets college scouting director Joey Clinkscale, a college teammate of McKenzie’s at Tennessee, was rumored to be coming to Oakland but he said during the weekend that he expects to stay in New York.